Data Communication & Computer Networks

Contents

1. Introduction to Networking 

1.1 Introduction     

1.2 Hardware architecture     

1.3 Transmission techniques 

1.4 Wireless transmission switching  

2. Common Network Architecture     

2.1 Introduction     

2.2 Connection-oriented networks   

2.3 Connectionless networks   

2.4 Some example of N/WS 

2.5 Wireless LANS: 802.11, 802.11x, Gigabit 

3. The OSI Reference Model

3.1 OSI protocol layering   

3.2 TCP/IP model

3.3 OSI Vs TCP/IP

4. Local Area Networks   

4.1 Introduction     

4.2 Components and technology 

4.3 Access technique  

4.4 Transmission protocol and media

5. Broad Band Networking

5.1 Integrated Service Digital Networks (ISDN)

5.2 Broad Band ISDN (B-ISDN)   

5.3 ATM Traffic Management 

5.4 Introduction to Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)     

6. IP Addressing and Routing

6.1 IP addresses  

6.2 IP routing concepts   

6.3 What TCP does?  

6.4 IPV6 the next generation protocol   

7. Domain Network Services (DNS)

7.1 Introduction to DNS  

7.2 Domain name 

7.3 Authoritative hosts

7.4 Resource records and zones  

7.5 Delegating authority  

7.6 DNS protocol   

7.7 DHCP & scope resolution 

8. Network Application Protocols  

8.1 Introduction     

8.2 Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)     

8.3 HTTP communications   

8.4 Email: Sending & Receiving Emails, Email Addressing,

8.5 MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 

8.6 SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol with Examples   

8.7 Mail Exchangers - Delivering a Message, Mail Boxes 

8.8 POP - Post Office Protocol   

8.9 IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol   

8.10 FTP - File Transfer Protocol   

8.11 Telnet - Remote Communication Protocol 

8.12 Proxy Server, Proxy Web Servers    

9. Network Management Protocols  

9.1 Introduction     

9.2 SNMP Basic Components 

9.3 SNMP Basic Commands   

9.4 SNMP Management Information Base 

9.5 SNMP and Data Representation   

9.6 SNMP MIB Tables 

9.7 SNMP Management 

9.8 SNMPv1 Protocol Data Unit  

9.9 Problem with SNMP

10. Network Security 

10.1 Threats    

10.2 Firewalls  

10.3 Virtual private networks   

10.4 SSL - Secure Socket Layer     

10.5 Symmetric key signatures 

Solved Question Papers - October 2011